Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Martin Damm went down to top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters.
The Indo-Czech pair squandered a one-set lead to go down 3-6 6-0 10-7 to the Americans.
Paes-Damm were off to a brilliant start, winning the first set 6-3 but they lost the plot in the second set and were completely blanked out by the Bryans in the third set.
They did try to come back in the third set but it proved to be too late. The Americans advanced to their 12th final this year and will now be playing the sixth seeded Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, who defeated Czechs Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 7-6 (4) 7-5.
The Bryan brothers have already won a personal-best eight titles this year.
(with inputs from PTI)
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